Comments on: Why Test For Heartworm But Not Cancer?

By: Dr. Dressler

Dr. Dressler — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:14:15 +0000

I there is no information available on this under construction website. Since this is a new test, I am interested to find out the details!!
Best,
D

By: Gerard

Gerard — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:09:33 +0000

There is a blood test for the early detection of canine cancer – http://www.oncopet.net developed by Biocurex, Inc. It is a Universal Cancer Biomarker

By: Dr. Dressler

Dr. Dressler — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:05:00 +0000

Susan,
Great thought. Sadly, the AMAS test has not been applied to dogs with cancer, nor do those stats hold up for humans in 3rd party analysis:

“CONCLUSIONS: The AMAS test discriminates suspicious and malignant from benign lesions, but sensitivity is insufficient to identify patients to be spared biopsy and false-positive rates are too high for population screening.”

Here is the link for you to check out for yourself:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16214910

By: Sheila Aumiller

Sheila Aumiller — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:37:51 +0000

Having had cancer myself, I researched a lot to see what to eat and not eat, to stay healthy and cancer-free as long as God would permit. I have learned that SOY can be harmful (with certain types of cancer)…. mine, for instance. I therefore make an effort now to see that my precious dog does not have SOY in her food. Whilst living in the USA, I know SOY is in almost everything on the Supermarket shelves. I read every small label! When we move back to the UK, very soon, I don’t believe there will be such a problem, as SOY is not used so widely over there… but I will still check carefully to see that my girl does not have that ingredient in her diet – as with mine. I welcome the time that it is made common knowledge to the public that SOY can be harmful to many of us at risk.

By: Susan Lauer

Susan Lauer — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:07 +0000

Dr. Dressler, will this not work on dogs?

There is now a blood test that will accurately detect early cancer of all types. It has an accuracy of greater than 95%. If the test is repeated, the accuracy is greater than 99%. That is to say, that false positive and false negative rates are less than 1%. The test is called AMAS.